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How much rain fell in Church Lench, Worcestershire? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 3.8mm of rain forecast for the area around Church Lench, heaviest in the hour to 19:00 (3.2mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 17:05 UK time. It is a forecast, not a measurement, and not a Met Office forecast. Weather data by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Daily totals for UK days from the same computer model; "dry" means under 0.2mm. Forecasts further ahead are less certain.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Wychavon nr Wychavon | 0.0km | 14.0mm | 47.6mm | 71.3mm | 5.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Crowle nr Crowle | 10.6km | 10.8mm | 46.2mm | 68.8mm | 5.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Fernhill Heath nr Fernhill Heath | 16.4km | 11.8mm | 50.8mm | 72.7mm | 6.4mm |
Daily totals 24 Sep–23 Oct. Wettest day: 15.3mm.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wychavon, against a full-month average of 17.9 rain days (based on 25 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 452 mm (1 Jan to 23 Oct), against 529 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 15% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 2 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (925 mm). Driest: 2011 (441 mm). Average: 680 mm a year. Striped years have gaps in the record, so no total is shown for them.
Daily totals are the average of 2 local rain gauges, for UTC days; one gauge can catch much more than the average. A storm's figure adds up the rain measured on its dates, from our list of Met Office named storms and major floods — other weather on those days counts too.
Church Lench gets about 676 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 68 mm; driest March, 41 mm). That is drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
Monthly averages in mm. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.9 km from the town's gauge centre. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. UK comparison: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, 1991-2020, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow
Nearest gauge on it: Evesham, 5.8 km away: 0.63 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Avon →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Church Lench's monitored area.
7 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Church Lench's monitored area. None of the 7 with a live status is discharging right now.
Event Duration Monitors show when an overflow may be spilling; they do not confirm it, and this is not advice on water quality. A live status older than two hours counts as no current status. Live status: © Severn Trent Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Village in Worcestershire, England
Church Lench is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of South Lenches, in the Wychavon district, in the county of Worcestershire, England, approximately 5.5 miles due north of Evesham and 13 miles due west of Stratford-upon-Avon. It is the largest of the surrounding Lenches, accommodating the Lenches Sports Club, the Lenches Members' Club, Church Lench First School, Church Lench preschool and the Church Lench Village Hall.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
12.4mm of rain fell yesterday (23 Oct 2026), from the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km of Church Lench.
October so far: 70.1mm vs 78.9mm October average — 11% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 24 days in). Figures are the average of 2 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Wychavon is the nearest rain gauge, 0.0km from the centre of Church Lench's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
17 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Wychavon, against a full-month average of 17.9 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 925 mm from the average of 2 local rain gauges, against an average of 680 mm a year. The driest was 2011, with 441 mm.
20 Jul 2007: 89.0 mm on average across 2 local rain gauges, and up to 97.2 mm at one of them, during 2007 UK floods. Records since 15 Apr 2000.
Rainfall data: Environment Agency rain gauges, synced every 15 minutes. Daily totals are computed overnight (UTC days); "today so far" is live. Gauge distances are straight-line from the centre of Church Lench's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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